The largest "Shage Desert" wind and solar power base in China has started construction, delivering 36 billion kilowatt hours of electricity annually to support the low-carbon transformation of North China. The new energy base in the central and northern parts of the Kubuqi Desert in Inner Mongolia has also started construction comprehensively. This major project has a total investment of 98.8 billion yuan, with a planned construction of 8 million kilowatts of photovoltaic installed capacity and 4 million kilowatts of wind power installed capacity. At the same time, supporting coal-fired power plants of 4 million kilowatts and new energy storage facilities with a scale of 5 million kilowatt hours will be built.

To ensure the transmission of clean electricity, the base is simultaneously constructing an ultra-high voltage power transmission channel from Ordos to Cangzhou, Hebei. The total length of the line is 699 kilometers, using a voltage level of ± 800 kV, which will effectively connect the main artery of energy transmission.

As the first fully operational 10 million kilowatt level Shagehuang wind and solar power base in Inner Mongolia, the project is planned to be completed and put into operation by the end of 2027. After completion, it can transmit approximately 36 billion kilowatt hours of electricity annually to the North China power grid centered around the Beijing Tianjin Hebei region, with new energy accounting for 60% of the total. This means that about 6.4 million tons of standard coal can be saved annually, and about 16 million tons of carbon dioxide can be reduced, which is of great significance for improving the energy structure and ecological environment in North China.

The Kubuqi Desert Base is the largest wind and photovoltaic base in China's 14th Five Year Plan period. At present, the region has built a new energy installed capacity of 13.06 million kilowatts. Through innovative practices of photovoltaic+desertification control, about 300000 acres of desertified land have been effectively treated, achieving a positive interaction between ecological governance and new energy development.

As of 2025, Inner Mongolia has approved six large-scale wind and photovoltaic bases in Shagehuang, with a total planned new energy installed capacity of 72 million kilowatts. After all these bases are built, they can deliver approximately 216 billion kilowatt hours of green electricity to North, East, and Central China each year, with clean electricity accounting for about 60%. They can reduce the consumption of standard coal by about 38.4 million tons annually and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by nearly 100 million tons, making an important contribution to China's achievement of its dual carbon goals. Editor/Yang Beihua